Posts Tagged: walnuts

Walnuts are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, right?
Right.
And sometimes a little protein.
Protein, as in larvae. That's not a welcome sight.
Sometimes you'll find two or three navel orangeworm (NOW) larvae inside a single walnut,...

IN A NUTSHELL!--Close-up of larva inside a walnut. You can tell if it's a navel orangeworm (NOW) if it has a crescent-shaped marking on the sides of the second segment behind the head, says UC Davis entomologist Frank Zalom. Often, with NOW, there are two or more larvae inside a single nut. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)